UK will not be haven for dirty money, Lammy to say in corruption crackdown

‘We must root out the minority who help corrupt actors hide their dirty money,’ David Lammy will say. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press/Shutterstock

The UK will no longer be a haven for dirty money and dictators’ laundered assets, David Lammy is to promise as he announces a new anti-corruption strategy also aimed at tackling bribery and other misconduct across government and public services.

Setting out the plan in a speech in London on Monday, Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, will announce a series of initiatives including extra funding for an elite anti-corruption police unit.